Clint History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

Clint is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the village of Clint in the parish of Ripley. Further research showed the name was derived from the Old English word clint, which refers to a cliff.

Early Origins of the Clint family

The surname Clint was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Clint family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Clint research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1206, 1332, 1379, 1409, 1632 and 1783 are included under the topic Early Clint History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Clint Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Clint family name include Clint, Clynt, Clynte, Clente, Clent and others.

Early Notables of the Clint family

Notables of this surname at this time include:

Thomas de Clint, a prominent landholder in 13th century Yorkshire

Clint migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Clint surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Clint Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Clint, who landed in Virginia in 1654 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Clint (post 1700) +

Scipio Clint (1805-1839), English medallist and seal-engraver, the son of George Clint, A.R.A 2
George Clint (1770-1854), English portrait painter and engraver from Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London, son of Michael Clint, a hairdresser in Lombard Street 2
Alfred Clint (1807-1883), English marine painter from Bedford Square, London, fifth and youngest son by his first marriage of George Clint, A.R.A 2
Clint Eastwood (b. 1930), prolific American actor and Academy Award-winning film director and film producer
Clint Joseph Sammons (b. 1983), American former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Atlanta Braves from 2007 to 2009
Clint David Robinson OAM (b. 1972), Australian sprint kayaker and surf lifesaver who has won a complete set of medals at the Summer Olympics, gold in 1992 for K-1 1000 m, silver in 2004 for K-2 500 m and bronze in 1996 K-1 1000 m
Clint Bickham, American voice actor and ADR script writer working with Funimation and Sentai Filmworks/Seraphim Digital
Clint C. Engler, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 17th District, 2000, 2002
Clint Warwick (1940-2004), born Albert Eccles, English original bassist for the rock band The Moody Blues
Clint Ronald Roberts (1935-2017), American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota (1981-1983)

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020